From Columbia to the Julliard School

By Anita Baker

Robert J. Mason was born in New York City. He was abandoned by his parents when he was only four months old. His grandmother rescued him, his younger sister, and older brother from foster care and adopted them. Six years later, his grandmother moved them to Columbia, S.C. to live near his aunt and uncle, Gwendolyn and Lawrence Demby.

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